Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 3AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)15161616161616161616168910101110101010991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232412412412412407397284284280277570123820012038185514531090896727544433416351
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06PM
1.02
5:49AM
1.22
8:25PM
1.08
6:55AM
1.24
8:43PM
1.16
7:52AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
0.87
1:19PM
0.02
1:20AM
0.74
1:57PM
0.01
2:10AM
0.58
2:31PM
0.03
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:39-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:38-------7:39
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11----174212321--------
Temp. °C141413131415161512131313121313131212111011121313
Feels °C (?)101110101010108566767891011978998
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